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Word: utensil (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...subtleties of modern chaos theory by sending a set of gangly-armed pendulums into seemingly random gyrations. For lighter fare, they line up at the Gadget Cafe "lunch counter" to work with a smorgasbord of hinges, coffeepots and other items. Using screwdrivers, scissors and pliers from the utensil rack, they build such original toys as tabletop cars powered by mousetrap springs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kingdom Of Learning | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...writes a book that can't be made into a movie. "You want a $100 million blockbuster," he's saying right now. "Go ahead. Give it your best shot, suckers." He's walking around with $10 million in his pocket--while we're still trying to deconstruct Clarice's utensil use as she chows on steamed brains. We got burned, big time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soman's In the [K]now | 11/12/1999 | See Source »

...process in which the artist scratched out places that he wanted to appear dark upon printing on a metal plate, or the more expensive "engraving." Engravings involved much more skill on the part of the artist; it took many years to train the hand to hold the carving utensil that shaped the metal beneath...

Author: By Risha Lee, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cutting to the Chase: 'Woodcuts' Lacks Laughs | 11/13/1998 | See Source »

...grab by saying it was most likely he'd had a Moonlighting-level fight with his wife that had resulted in a severed nerve. Kennedy later gave his own report, stating that he was cleaning the dishes after dinner with his wife when he cut his hand on a utensil, severing a nerve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 3, 1997 | 11/3/1997 | See Source »

...both acts of Frankie and Johnny feel a little strained, as if each actor is still warming up and searching for a rhythm. Both performances also warranted a fine-tuning here and there. Friedland, for example, on Johnny's first visit to Frankie's apartment, walks toward every utensil, appliance and food product he needs. Burt-Kinderman, for her part, tends to forecast future jokes by speeding through her lines so Johnny can zing one off. Both of these tendencies felt a little overrehearsed, a problem in a play that already feels a little canned...

Author: By Nicholas K. Davis, | Title: The Cook, the Waitress, Her Bed and Her Toothbrush | 5/9/1997 | See Source »

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